(via The Hollywood Reporter)
That’s right, Will Arnett has launched his very own production company Electric Ave. that has an exclusive first look deal at CBS and is already in final negotiations to option a project for development.
Not only is exciting news that Arnett has own production arm, but, if our sources are correct, they’ve got some more exciting stuff up their sleeve.
The hysterical Jon Dore went to Winnipeg for two reasons. 1) The Winnipeg Comedy Festival this past April 2) to make a mockumentary of exploring Winnipeg, Canada.
The result is Jon’s “A Dore to Winnipeg” that will premiere on CBC this Fri. at 9PM EST. While many of us here in LA don’t have CBC, you can get a glimpse of what will hopefully come stateside with this clip of Dore visiting the childhood home of Neil Young.
Perhaps, there could be a DVD box set of this and the other experimental documentary set in Winnipeg, Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg.
Exposition Park will no longer be the site of the 2nd Festival Supreme, but don’t worry as this does not mean it’s cancelled. The date is the same, the mind blowing, amazing line-up is still the same, and, actually, they’re in the same part of town.
The Shrine Expo Hall and Grounds, another gigantic LA venue, will be the home for this year’s Festival Supreme, which is literally a brief walk from Exposition Park on the south side of the USC campus (The Shrine is on the north side).
Tickets are still on sale for $99.
Rory Scovel is one of the most spectacular comedians right now and you really need to do yourself a favor and just watch everything he does. That way, you would be sure to catch Rory go for an applause record (i.e. having the audience never stop clapping) and crowd surfing while simultaneously telling jokes at The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.
If you love the playfully unstoppable spirit of Robin Williams live on stage, you will absolutely love this.
From Wed. Aug. 20th to Tues. Aug. 26th, Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre will be having a run of the latest performance by Monty Python recorded live at the O2 Arena in London.
Until the DVD comes out, this is probably your best chance of seeing the show that sold out in record time, so don’t miss out if you’re in LA.
With The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail now on Comedy Central, both Jonah and Kumail joined Conan O’Brien in a nice chat covering Kumail’s mom getting grossed out by a certain fictional graffiti logo on Silicon Valley as well as Jonah and Kumail’s hell gig stories and their cartoon crushes that seem to hold true even as adults.
(via Variety)
In addition to the upcoming comedy special from Eddie Pepitone, Netflix is really going deep with comedy specials as they have lined up hour long comedy specials from some of the biggest names in comedy right now including Bill Cosby, Bill Burr, Chelsea Peretti, and Jim Jefferies.
This month, we’ll be able to see Jeffries’ “Jim Jefferies: BARE” and Pepitone’s “Eddie Pepitone: In Ruins”, then, in Nov., Peretti’s “One of the Greats” and Cosby’s “Bill Cosby 77” will be released. Finally, in Dec., Bill Burr’s latest “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” will cap off one hell of a run in stand-up specials by Netflix.
(via Deadline)
Comedy Central makes another great move by ordering a talk show pilot from the amazing Kurt Braunohler. Braunohler’s Roustabout hasn’t even premiered yet and the network is already wanting more from Kurt, which should be a really good sign for what’s to come.
If you were at the last Riot LA Comedy Festival, you probably got to see the last incarnation of a Kurt Braunohler talk show, which featured interviewing guests with a lie detector test, several “mistimed” surprises, and a second line leading the whole audience through the streets of downtown LA to an after party.
Let’s hope that some semblance of that will make it to the Gettin’ Some Strange pilot.
ON THE HORIZON
Hampton Yount Album Recording @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Aug. 15th 9PM FREE w/RSVP (stand by only)
Lost Moon Radio: Mix Tape @ Westside Comedy Theater Thurs. Aug. 21st 8PM $15
COMEDY CRAWL
Good Neighbor Live @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5 (stand by only)
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Comedy 90210 @ Roxbury Cafe 8PM $5
Comedy Central/NYCF’s Comics to Watch @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Impro(vs)tandup @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Maria Bamford @ Irvine Improv 8PM $23/2 item min.
Pete Holmes Living at Largo @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
This Show Is Your Show! w/Matt and Moses @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
Prom Night @ Nature’s Brew 9PM FREE
You Heard It Here First @ iO West 9PM $10
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Mantzoukas and… @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Kennedy Administration @ Echoes Under Sunset 9:30PM FREE
Comedy Living Room’s Kick Back @ Hollywood Improv Thurs. Aug. 14th 10PM $10/2 item min.
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Josh Martin
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./First come, first served/25 spots only/counts as audition/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery/Hosted by Sara Mostajabi
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./Lottery
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedyfor more info and to sign up/First 23 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
LOADED 6377 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:15PM/5 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Joe Basla
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by Tyler Meznarich and Ken Garr/No purchase necessary
FANATIC SALON 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9:30PM/$5 cover/7 min./water and coffee provided/Hosted by Lydia Robinson
RAFA’S LOUNGE ART GALLERY 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/10 spots/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Scott Luhrs
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
THE CHATTERBOX 934 N. Citrus Ave., Covina, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Steve Hernandez & Ellie McElvain
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
IT’S A GRIND 247 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served
KNUCKLEHEADS 1717 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Dan Fawcett
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Logan Guntzelman & Rachel Maczuzak
VOILA ART GALLERY 518 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Brad Silnutzer
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
AST Records’ latest release comes from NYC based Nate Fridson who we got to see kill at Hot Tub this week with his very keenly observed observations.
Make this a comedy album buying week by getting Fridson’s Best Guy So Far and Dave Waite’s Hotdoggin’.
By this point, we’d hope you’d be familiar with Daniel Van Kirk’s mastered and hilarious impression of Mark Wahlberg that he’s done anywhere from Comic-Con to Set List: The Improvised Stand Up Show.
He’s now doing an entire show on Aug. 21st at 7PM at UCB LA as Mark Wahlberg with the following description: Musician, Model, Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Inspiration, Better Than You. After decades of using his knowledge to only benefit himself, Mark Wahlberg has teamed up with other celebrities and famous friends for “The Wahlberg Solution!” a round-table discussion of current news and events that will sort out the world’s problems as only A-List celebrities can.
It will be called The Wahlberg Solution and will feature Emily Maya Mills, Madeline Walter, and Kenny Stevenson as various “celebrity friends”, but, more importantly, Earwolf is recording this live performance that they will later release for all of us not lucky enough to be at UCB LA next Thurs.
As unconventional as his methods may be on Nathan For You, Nathan Fielder doesn’t very much appreciate when people try to mess with his plans or try to find a loophole or, even worse, just flat out lie to his face.
So, during his plan for Pink’s Hot Dogs here in LA to have people who have an appropriate reason to be in a hurry cut to the front of the line, he met a liar and ended up “teaching” him a lesson.
With the tragic passing of Robin Williams this week, the world of late night would feel remiss if they didn’t collectively tip their hats to Williams.
Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers all put together a tribute on their respective shows featuring memorable past appearances of Williams. If you’re wondering why Letterman, Kimmel, The Daily Show, etc. aren’t doing the same, they’re simply not taping new episodes this week.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Kaitlin Olson is taking some time away from Paddy’s Pub and the crazed schemes of Mac, Dennis, Charlie, and Frank to now trying to woo Rob Reiner who plays Jess/Zooey Deschanel’s dad. Olson’s character will also be rivals to Jess and Cece as they were at odds with each other since high school.
Perhaps, there will be a nod to Sweet Dee with Kaitlin saying something like “I will eat your babies, bitch!”
Bill Tull, the prop master on Conan, has always been handy with budget saving tips no matter what time of year it is. Whether it be Cinco De Mayo, St. Patrick’s Day, the 4th of July, the holiday season, Tull knows how to get you a relative equivalent of what you need to celebrate adequately (emphasis on “relative”).
Now, Tull shares his tips for this Summer.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
(NOTE: Spoilers possibly ahead) The Interview starring James Franco and Seth Rogen has been a hot button movie for Sony ever since it was first announced. Being fiercely decried by North Korea for its plot that follows the assassination of Kim Jong-Un, Sony has already moved back the release date to Christmas from October.
Now, they will be altering uniform buttons that the depicted North Korean military wears as well as thinking about changing a scene where Kim Jong-Un’s face is melted off.
Some of the reasoning behind these changes have been cited as “clearance issues” rather than political pressure, but who gets clearance from a military and a leader of a country that keeps contact with the U.S. to a minimum? Have higher-ups in North Korea have not seen the multitudes of web videos satirizing North Korea in a similar way?
More importantly, would North Korea really try to start a war over a movie?
ON THE HORIZON
See You In Hell @ Westside Comedy Theater Wed. Aug. 20th 8PM FREE
Mo Mandel @ Comedy & Magic Club Wed. Aug. 27th 8PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Godzilla @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $14
Short Cuts @ The Standard Downtown LA 7:30PM FREE w/RSVP
Super Secret Comedy Show @ Lyric Theatre 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Cheaper Than Therapy @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM $10
Todd Glass @ Irvine Improv 8PM $17/2 item min.
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
Brooks Wheelan & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Radio Picture Show @ The Virgil 8:30PM $8
Venice Underground @ Townhouse & The Del Monte 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Josh Martin
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
ICE HOUSE STAGE 2 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/4 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
SAL COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alibi-Open-Mic-at-the-Hotel-Hollywood/545741885530183 for more info and to sign up/First 23 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by Paco McCauley & Evan Kessler
CORK’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/For spot 7PM-8:30PM must sign up in advance at jaketaveren@monkeyheadconcepts.biz/For spots 8:30PM-10PM sign-up at venue before pre-booked show/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Danielle Arce
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser
THE MOTH @ BUSBY’S EAST 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts at 7:30PM sharp/5 min. on stories on theme of “quality” only/10 spots only/Lottery/$8 cover
OPEN MICHELLE @ WILDE THISTLE 3456 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Female performers only/5-7 min./One item min.
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 12210 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Mixed mic/4 min. for comics/1 song musicians/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Monika Scott and Morgan Jay
ZOEY’S CAFE 185 E. Santa Clara, Ventura, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/10 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Samantha Ross
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM w/one drink min./Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
O’HARA’S BAR 1000 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justin Williams
THE OYSTER HOUSE 12446 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Gary Carver
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served/1 item min.
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Adam Feuerberg
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
While Megan Amram’s highly anticipated “textbrook" Science… For Her! isn’t due out until Nov. 4th, Amram has already reached out to the one and only Ann Coulter as she might really be into the "science” printed within the book as well as be a potential BFF.
With that in mind, you might want to pre-order your copy before Coulter could possibly pre-order all the copies.
After premiering on Showtime and getting on iTunes, Dana Gould’s latest stand-up special “I Know It’s Wrong” is available to watch at your convenience on Hulu.
It doesn’t get much more convenient than that, leaving virtually no excuse to not watch the comedic brilliance of Dana Gould for an hour. So, go ahead and do that right now.
(via LA Times)
After years of seeing painted cows in various cityscapes around the world, another animal sculpture is getting notoriety, touring globally. A giant rubber duck designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman has seen its way around throughout Asia and is set to have a stop at the LA Harbor next week.
Actually, each city builds its own giant rubber duck and the one here in LA will be approximately six stories high and lead a parade of ships in this year’s Tallships Festival LA.
So, now you know what will be filling up your Instagram feed here if you live in the Los Angeles area next week.
Most bars are way too loud from the music blasting from the speakers at an unreasonable volume and the collective voices of dozens of people trying to shout over said music.
That’s why talking at most bars are not great for actually communicating any sort of information. In fact, it might just be like the Tower of Babel when everyone was speaking a different language as Hush Money clearly illustrates here.
Fresh off the presses of Stand Up! Records, the incredibly funny Dave Waite has a brand new album Hotdoggin’, which we recommend you make your next comedy album purchase
As the title suggests, Dave keeps a free wheelin’ spirit running through his stand up that’s one hell of a fun time. Pick up Hotdoggin’ here.
Will Arnett is a man of many talents, one of which you might know is his extensive voiceover work. In fact, Arnett is in such high demand for his voice that he had to take time from his Conan interview last night to record a few voiceover jobs.
They range from a typical car ad to, well, something foreign and very adult. Watch and listen here.
In addition to Ben Stiller’s remarks on the legitimate possibility of a Zoolander sequel 13 years after original, Justin Theroux, who played the evil DJ that is one of Mugatu/Will Ferrell’s henchmen, gave a little more backing to a Zoolander 2 actually happening.
While being interviewed by Vulture for his role in The Leftovers, Theroux commented that there is actual work being done on a script for the sequel and scheduling for everyone that would be involved has been an issue.
Hopefully, we will get to see the progress of The Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Want to Do Other Good Stuff Too sometime in the next year or so.
If you were potentially worried that you might not get to see the index finger of Chris Hardwick point to any number of comedians while yelling out “Points!” in 2015, then potentially worry no more.
As Hardwick stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he announced that the midnight hit at Comedy Central “@midnight” has been picked up for another year at Comedy Central and will run through 2015.
Chris and Jimmy also joked about the possibility of doing a crossover episode with this renewal, but we wouldn’t be surprised at all if The Tonight Show and “@midnight” despite their time slot conflict, did some sort of crossover.
They’ve done some crazy things on “@midnight” in case you haven’t regularly watched it.